• Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      20·
      23 hours ago

      As others have said, it’s DLC. It might as well be a new game though because it changes so much. It also released with a free update that’s pretty big too.

    • pancakes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      181·
      1 day ago

      It’s a dlc that adds 3 new planets to explore after you finish the game. It’s quite fun if you like factorio.

      • intensely_human@lemm.ee
        13·
        21 hours ago

        I like factorio in the same way I like cocaine. The first time I played factorio (without any stimulants involved) I played for 72 hours without food, water, or sleep.

        Holy fuck what a great game. Great for independently wealthy people with no family or responsibilities.

      • Moneo@lemmy.world
        19·
        1 day ago

        I’m assuming you’ve played it, but for others reading this: It’s more than just bonus content, the base game has been reworked to integrate the planets into the progression.

        A Space Age playthrough is different than a base game playthrough basically from the get go.

        • Sporkbomber@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          14 hours ago

          It’s worth noting that the various QOL changes and changes to the base buildings like inserters are included in the 2.0 update and are free.

          • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
            6·
            23 hours ago

            It’s different. They both have pros and cons.

            The creator of Space Exploration was hired before they started the Space Age DLC, so a lot of lessons learned from it are implemented in Space Age.

            There are tons of great overhaul mods to play though. I’d probably play something else before doing a Space Exploration run because they do share so many similarities it might be better to leave some space between playing them.

            • cows_are_underrated@feddit.org
              3·
              20 hours ago

              And also important is, that space exploration is insanely big. You can prepare to spend about 300h with it(of course depending on how much experience you have).

              • Moneo@lemmy.world
                1·
                7 hours ago

                Yeah this is why I’ve never tried it. When I was still on reddit the way people talked about space age turned me off. It seemed like a massive time sink that was more about upping the logistics to the nth degree than about new mechanics.

                I really like space age so far because of how differently I’ve had to play on the first planet I landed on.

    • gmtom@lemmy.world
      29·
      1 day ago

      Idk man, don’t you think your module factory on fulgora could use an upgrade? and your gleba base isn’t very efficient.

      Plus you’ve barely even touched quality. Have you tried out a legendary big mining drill yet?

      • rustyfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19·
        1 day ago

        Actually, Gleba is working pretty great. Why? How? Fuck, I don’t know. I think the gods of engineering smiled down on me. Or had pity.

        It’s Aquilo I am concerned about. That base is in a constant state of failing but not actually breaking down. Like a sinking ship that doesn’t have the courtesy to finally submerge.

        …

        Also there is the shattered planet. Bragging rights are the most important rights after all.

          • rustyfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            21 hours ago

            A post “end” location on the star map. You can fly there and it’s the only way to gather promethium, a material you need to craft the post game super science. I don’t think the shattered planet is supposed to be reached. It’s insanely far away and the asteroids get bonkers. But that didn’t stop some maniacs to actually do it with a butt load of nukes.

            • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
              2·
              13 hours ago

              Well I may be one of those maniacs. I’ve already shipped the materials to Vulcanus to make myself a couple hundred nukes, not for the worms. Nukes just piss the worms off, and don’t hurt them. The nukes were for the cliffs.

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
    51·
    1 day ago

    I brought space age and I havent even gone to space yet. I havent even played with that part enabled, I’ve just been making a vanilla megabase with the new quality items and rails. They’re insane it reminds me of bobs mods.

    • errer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      1 day ago

      I’m no factorio expert and I prolly took 20 hours before I managed to get to another planet. Blows my mind people can beat the whole game in that time.

      • cows_are_underrated@feddit.org
        1·
        18 hours ago

        20 hours was probably the time I was finished with the basic train network and set up my first “big” steel smeltery (just a small one that was capable of smelting one train at a time, didnt want to build to much of them without bots). I’m currently at 30h and I can now finish all of the nauvis sciences, getting bots and setting up nuclear. This is also my second run I ever did(didnt finish the last one due to space age) so I am much slower. I also fucked up my starter base so badly, that it wasn’t anywhere near being capable of getting me through any research higher than green without turning into a gigantic spaghetti.

      • AliasVortex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        1 day ago

        Pretty sure quality is it’s own mod that you can run independently of space age, but I could totally be wrong there.

        • Fizz@lemmy.nz
          5·
          1 day ago

          You’re correct. I’m running base game, quality, elevated rails. No space age.

      • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
        9·
        1 day ago

        As AliasVortex@lemmy.world said, all parts of Factorio are mods, and can be enabled separately. The Base mod, which can’t be disabled has the vanilla game; the Quality and Elevated Rail mods, which are from the Space Age DLC but can be activated whenever; and the Space Age mod.

        I don’t know which mod is responsible for changing science and recipes though. Coupd be either side.

    • taaz@biglemmowski.winEnglish
      7·
      1 day ago

      Absolutely valid move here, we started a mp server, three total players and while we didn’t do any kind of rush, we all agreed most of us will need a lot more hours to actually get to play with everything properly.

  • Zeon@lemmy.world
    16·
    1 day ago

    Bruh I literally forgot how to play this game, I already have Space Age, but I just don’t have the time to play it that much :(

    I was doing good a couple months back, had an awesome base, then it got absolutely fucked by a horde of spider crickets or whatever you call them.

  • LovableSidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 day ago

    Reminds me of an ancient Fark post that had a partially nekkid girl tied to a chair near a TV with Futurama on it. Caption said “Cool, Futurama is on!”

  • Dalvoron@lemm.ee
    5·
    1 day ago

    I didn’t realise the new stuff was mods and I’ve just been playing regular factorio for the last week. I should have been in space two science packs ago!